Francis Lawrence is an American/Austrian music video, TV, and film director. He was announced to be the new director of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire after Gary Ross, director of The Hunger Games film, bowed out of directing the sequel. Lawrence was first reported to be the The Hunger Games: Catching Fire director on April 19, 2012[1] and was confirmed on May 3.[2] Previous feature films directed by Lawrence include the sci-fi hitI Am Legend and Water for Elephants. He has also directed over 180 music videos.

Although Jennifer Lawrence and Francis Lawrence share the same last name, they have no relation.